Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 23 April 2015, and receive a list of outstanding actions.

The public minutes of the meeting held on 23 April 2015 were approved as a correct record.

Matters Arising

Free School Applications

The Chairman noted that the Education Board’s responsibility for the free school application at Galleywall Road in Southwark – and over other applications - needed to be asserted to prevent confusion over ‘ownership’ of the application. At present there was a risk that other bodies such as existing academy governing bodies would regard themselves as responsible for what were ultimately City of London Corporation applications.   This situation reflected deficiencies in the way in which the City’s academies were now constituted, which needed addressing.

School Governor Training

In response to a question from a member, the Education Policy Officer noted that the first year of training had focused on existing City of London Corporation governors. Now this had been completed, the programme would be expanded to other City of London Corporation members with a view to creating a pool of trained governors.

Employability

In response to a question from a member, the [David Pack job title] agreed to circulate the Economic Development Office’s employability mapping to the Board.